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“T he land for us as Garinagu is very important because that is apart of our livelihood. When we were in Saint Vincent and in Honduras and in Belize, we eat what we plant. So it is very important. And it has become more important now with the economic situation that we are going through. Food going up, cost of living going up. So it very important that we have land that we can use to work to plant cassava, yams and plantain to provide for family. And, that is part of being Garifuna. We share ...

Fernando Avila In last week’s edition of the Guardian Newspaper, we reported that a group of Belizean men were busted in Puerto Cortez, Honduras with stolen boat engines and other items. The alleged pirates were handed over to the authorities in Belize but one of those men, Jeremy Leslie, has since been cleared of the piracy charges. This comes after there was no evidence linking him to the rest of the groups nor to the charges of piracy. Leslie was reportedly in another room at the hotel whe...

Commanding officer of the Professional Standards Branch of the Police Department, Senior Superintendent Dwayne Sutherland, has confirmed that they will be charging two of their own following an altercation between officers in the Dangriga Police station. A video circulated on social media shows 5 police officers inside the police station in Dangriga where there was an exchange of words between an officer identifying himself as Corporal Pech and another identifying himself as PC Gamboa. One of t...

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Mar 16, 2021 Simultaneous Motorcades Held Across the Country Last week Wednesday, the teachers from the Stann Creek District were the first to organize their motorcade in protest of the proposed salary cut and increment freeze. Today, they hit the streets of Dangriga again as part of the national action plan of the Belize National Teachers Union. Also in the far south, in Punta Gorda, vehicles lined the principal streets of the town for almost a mile as they are sending a clear message...

On Friday, March 5, the Government of Belize sent a letter to the presidents of the Public Service Union (PSU), the National Trade Union Congress of Belize (NTUCB), the President of the Association of Public Service Senior Managers (APSSM), and the President of the Belize National Teacher’s Union (BNTU). The letter was written to inform them that the government was proposing a three-year 10% salary cut for public officers. Additionally they are proposing a three-year salary freeze. This, acco...

Mar 5, 2021 A Wrap Up of Municipal Elections 2021 The People’s United Party served the United Democratic Party a major defeat in the 2021 Municipal Elections. The P.U.P. went from controlling three full councils to majority control of all nine. The U.D.P. was left with only two seats in the west where the P.U.P., after many years, was able to make dent in the red hills of the towns by securing five councilor seats.  As our wrap up of the municipal elections, we take a cursory look a...

Mar 4, 2021 Griga & P.G. Gone BLUE! With the assistance of our Dangriga and Punta Gorda correspondents Harry Arzu and Aurelio Sho, reporter Andrea Polanco put together a report on the municipal elections in the two southern towns. Here’s the story.   Andrea Polanco, Reporting The People’s United Party defeated the U.D.P. for local elections in the south – with Dangriga and Punta Gorda going full blue. We start in Dangriga where the P.U.P.’s mayoral candidate Robert Mariano def...

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